Feeling Kinda Sick.. Is It Normal? Posted: 07-19-04 21:21pm
Hi everyone. I'm new and found this site
off of yahoo when I searched for
"dizziness from birth control". Well, I
turned 18 in may and started taking a form
of birth control in january 2003, at 17.
After talking with my mother and a ton of
research, I decided to get on the
depo-provera birth control shot because of
my hectic life. In the beginning, I had
long periods (2 months long sometimes) and
was off for a week, then back on. I hated
the shot. My hair grew super fast and
long and unpredictable periods. Well,
last month, june 15th (exactly 1 month
before being due of another shot) I told
my doctor that I wanted to swith over to
the pill. This was because I will be
going off to college on a track
scholarship and trying to make it to a
doctor every 3 months was going to be hard
because I will be traveling so much. She
said ok and earlier last week, thursday
july 15th, I went in and she filled out a
prescription for me, nortrel. Since I
didn't know when my period was going to
come, in order to take the pill on that
sunday, I kept waiting around. Well,
saturday night when I used the bathroom a
little blood came out. I assumed that it
was my period. I got the prescription
yesterday morning and took my first pill
at 11am. I know that you have to take the
pills around the same time, but I will not
remember to take the pill at 11am and
decided that 8am will be a better time. I
took the second pill today at 10am and
plan on taking each pill an hour earlier
until I get it to 8am. Today, I felt very
dizzy and my vision was a little
distorted. It felt like I was outside all
day in the hot sun and came inside... You
know how it is really dark inside when
that happens. I feel kinda wierd now --
nausea is the main problem. My question
is : are those symptoms normal? Do I feel
this way because I switched over from the
shot to the pill too soon? Or do I feel
like this because I took the pill too
early this morning? Please help b/c I do
not know what is going on.
Thanks. Also, sorry for writing a whole
book! I didn't know how to summerize it
without taking out something important to
get the best possible answer.
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wakkochic17
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 494 Location: South Carolina
Posted: 07-20-04 14:26pm
I've heard it can make some people sick..
It might be the type of pill they put you
on. Some people react to different
brands differently. I would call the
doctor and see what they say. An hour,
or even a few hours difference wouldn't
cause the sickness so I doubt it has
anything to do with when or how you took
the pill.
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cw2004
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 19 Jul 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Georgia
Thanks You! Posted: 07-20-04 21:14pm
Thank you for replying! I will def. Talk
to my doctor about this problem. Maybe
she prescribed me the wrong type of pill.
Whatever the problem is, thank you for
your response.
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my3sons
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 10 Location: la
Posted: 07-20-04 22:07pm
The pill is probaly too strong because the
nausea and dizziness is not suppose to
happen, and also it makes you not want to
take them and then you end up pregnant
like I did twice while taking birth
control... Also these things could get
worse if the pill is too strong, my cousin
had really big weird looking veins pop out
on her legs because her birth control was
too strong!!!!!
